[BroncoJoe96]

How's it going guys?

It's been a while, but I'm finally at a point where I'm making a lot of progress on my 7.3 Bronco build. After 5 years of working on it, its a very exciting time. I need to back-track and upload a bit to catch up my build thread, but I decided to also start documenting the build on Youtube as well. If anyone is interested, I'll link the first video below. It's definitely a change compared to just writing and photographing, and I'm still getting into the swing of it. This video is just a general walk around, and the next video will be of the truck firing up and running. Hopefully it won't be too long till the body is on it.

Once I catch up my build thread, you can look for the videos there. I'm just waiting to post them there until everything is caught up, so it's all in chronological order. Hope you enjoy!

 

[BroncoJoe96]

I haven’t had a chance to update my build thread yet, so here’s my most recent update. It’s of tearing apart my gasser Bronco, and starting the 7.3 Powerstroke rolling chassis up for the last time before swapping on a body. If you guys have any questions or want to see it in more detail, please let me know.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Here’s my latest build video. Not too bad to get the tub pulled off the gasser.


Prepping To Lift The Body Off My 1996 Ford Bronco

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Got the body off my black Bronco for the first time ever, and had a lot of fun doing it.


Lifting the Body off my 1996 Ford Bronco

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Just got done stripping all the parts out of my Bronco tub for paint, sound deadener, and bedlining. I was hoping to get a bit more of the prep work done after, but the weather had other plans.


Diesel Bronco Build Delayed By Snow

 

[96bronco]

I am so jealous on the 7.3.. I seriously looked into doing it for mine, but it won't pass emissions here in CO.

You have done an amazing job on all of it, love the engine/suspension/frame work, the body prep, and the videos are awesome to watch!

Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next one.

That 7.3 rumble is music to my ears!!

 

[BroncoJoe96]

I am so jealous on the 7.3.. I seriously looked into doing it for mine, but it won't pass emissions here in CO.

You have done an amazing job on all of it, love the engine/suspension/frame work, the body prep, and the videos are awesome to watch!

Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next one.

That 7.3 rumble is music to my ears!!

I appreciate it buddy! I am hyped to finally have this thing coming together and to hopefully be able to drive it around this spring. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the weather breaks and that I can get back to working on it and sharing my progress sometime soon.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Since the weather is keeping me from doing too much work outside, I decided to strip down the beadlocks I have and prep them to be powder coated. Man are these things beefy. I can’t wait to get the 43” swampers on them.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Finally got around to powder coating the beadlocks and mounting the 43s. I dig the way the rims came out, and am still blown away at the size of the 43s.

 

[Deven 92]

great build! Iv got all the parts including superduty axles. How do you plan to mate the diesel wiring to the gas wiring? I was considering replacing the whole dash wiring with diesel truck wiring. But was also thinking about repinning the firewall plug.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

great build! Iv got all the parts including superduty axles. How do you plan to mate the diesel wiring to the gas wiring? I was considering replacing the whole dash wiring with diesel truck wiring. But was also thinking about repinning the firewall plug.

Thank you! My plan is to just use the dash and wiring harness from the pickup. It was a single cab XLT, so everything will work as intended (hopefully), except for the tailgate glass. That I'll have to do something custom for, but I'm not too worried about it.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

I have the Bronco up on the rotisserie and it's time to patch all the rust. I'm hoping in the next week I'll have all the patches and paint work done, and I can get it back on the frame.

 

[Ghosteh]

Great job Joe! It's been a while since I've visited the forum, and I hadn't seen any of this until now. Great videos! They're certainly entertaining & make your build thread much more interesting! And major props for doing all that work outside in January! Damn, I wish I was half my age & motivated enough to jump into a project like that!

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Great job Joe! It's been a while since I've visited the forum, and I hadn't seen any of this until now. Great videos! They're certainly entertaining & make your build thread much more interesting! And major props for doing all that work outside in January! Damn, I wish I was half my age & motivated enough to jump into a project like that!

Thank you very much Ghosteh. It's definitely been a hell of a project and is finally getting close to moving soon.

Also, I have an update to post. I'm getting close to having the body done:

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Laying down the bed liner! Next up? Body’s going on.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

It's been some very exciting times lately in the garage! The body is on, and I don't think it'll be too long until I'm out testing this rig.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

We’ve got a runner!!

 

[96bronco]

We’ve got a runner!!

BEAST does not even begin to describe your Bronco!
You packed so much work into a single video, holy cow that could have been 4 or 5 different ones.
As always nice job on the video and thanks for sharing your amazing build.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

BEAST does not even begin to describe your Bronco!
You packed so much work into a single video, holy cow that could have been 4 or 5 different ones.
As always nice job on the video and thanks for sharing your amazing build.

I haven't seen this reply until now, but thanks a ton buddy! I wish I could have broken it down more, but the rush to get done for Bronco Roundup was too intense.

But I've been holding out on you guys, check out below for the Diesel Bronco's first drive (all the testing I got to do) and then immediately going to Rausch Creek for a weekend of wheeling. The Bronco really did blow away ALL of my expectations.

 

[BroncoJoe96]

Here's a walk around of the Bronco post wheeling. There's a few fixes/upgrades I need to do, but for the most part the first trip out was a massive success!! Now to get the truck some more street time!